KSAS Assessment Officer

Role Responsibility

Kent County Council’s Local Welfare Provision Scheme, the Kent Support and Assistance Service (KSAS) is looking to recruit a full time Assessment Officer (KR6) to join a small but experienced team, providing both support and guidance to vulnerable residents of Kent who have found themselves in a crisis situation.

As an Assessment Officer you will work with a team of 6, guiding applicants through the assessment process, completing a series of checks and making criteria based decisions ensuring our most vulnerable residents are provided with the support they require.

You will be able to demonstrate:

1. A high level of compassion and empathy towards applicants
2. A passion for providing excellent customer service
3. That you are a team player
4. That you can work autonomously
5. Diligence for recording information
6. An ability to work at pace.

You will need to be a competent Microsoft officer user as well as have  experience with different types of assessment tools.

If this role is of interest please complete the enclosed application, making sure you provide a detailed account of why you think you are suitable for the role.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please submit your application by close of play on Wednesday 11^th November.  

Contact Details

For more details please contact:

Tracy Veasey - 03000 415530 - tracy.veasey@kent.gov.uk

or

Mark Groves - 03000 419733 - mark.groves@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.